Ariane 5 Lofts European Weather Satellite, EchoStar 17

The third in a series of advanced European weather satellites and the U.S. EchoStar 17 telecommunications satellite soared into an elliptical transfer orbit July 5, rising in tandem atop an Ariane 5 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, each bound for a geosynchronous perch. The...

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